Members of the District Exnora, Youth Exnora and Students’ Exnora of Bishop Heber College took out a rally in the city on Monday to sensitise the people on renewable energy and solid waste management.
Free Coal Supply-Outlook Business
There is no denying that ever since the Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG) of India revealed the potential losses on account of spectrum allocation, there is not only a freeze on decision-making but some ministries are now even considering a rethink on decisions taken a few years ago.
Rising coal costs to hit India power projects: Fitch-20 December 2011, The Business Standard
The rising cost of imported coal, coupled with a weakening rupee, could force some Indian power projects to default on their debt obligations, ratings agency Fitch said on Tuesday.
Fitch estimated that the average cost of generation could rise to Rs 4.41 (8 cents) per kilowatt hour for projects relying entirely on imported coal, from the current average of Rs 2.29, if current trends continue.
Draft vision document proposes green mining in Goa- 19 December 2011, The Economic Times
PANAJI: A draft vision document 2035 has advised Goa government to carry on environmentally sustainable mining activity and regulate the same in the Ecologically Sensitive Zones (ESZs) that fall along the coastal state under the Western Ghats.
Media reporting of climate change exaggerates its impact- 19 December 2011,The Economic Times
Extreme weather is often said to be one of the main reasons for taking firm action on global warming. Nowadays, no hurricane or heat wave passes without an activist claiming it as evidence of the need for a global climate deal, like the one that got postponed until the end of the decade in Durban, South Africa.
Climate’s good- 19 December 2011,The Week
The stormy weather outside mirrored the mood in the conference room. As the 17th meeting of the Conference of Parties (CoP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) went into overtime in Durban, negotiators fought hard to safeguard their nations’ interests. The Indian delegation, headed by Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan, countered a campaign by the European Union to label India a ‘deal-breaker’. In her first outing as India’s chief climate change negotiator, Natarajan succeeded in getting the country 10 years’ time, before a new treaty to curb emissions comes into being. She also managed to put the principle of equity, ensuring equal development opportunities for all, back on the table. Natarajan countered the EU position: “Am I to sign away the livelihoods and sustainability of 1.2 billion Indians without even knowing what the EU roadmap contains?”
Nasheed upbeat about Durban climate summit results- 19 December 2011,MSN News
Male, Dec 19 (PTI) As the leader of one of the most climate-vulnerable nations, one would not expect Mohamed Nasheed to be very optimistic about the outcome of the recently-concluded Durban climate summit.
Opening of coal sector for commercial mining on the anvil- 19 December 2011,The Economic Times
NEW DELHI: The Government hopes a consensus will soon evolve on opening of coal sector for commercial mining, a bill for which has been pending for past seven years, Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal said today.
Opening of coal sector for commercial mining on the anvil
Power supply cut stops coal mining in nine ECL mines- 19 December 2011,IBN Live
Kolkata/Burdwan, Dec 19 (PTI) Coal extraction in at least nine mines of the Eastern Coalfields came to a stand still after power supply was snapped by private power utility DPSC Ltd for non-payment of Rs 63 crore as security deposit.
CIL to install GPS to check coal pilferage-19 December 2011,The Hindu
Seeking to check the pilferage of coal during transportation to various parts of the country, state-run Coal India Limited (CIL) has decided to install Global Positioning System (GPS) in all its trucks to keep a close vigil on their movement from early next year.
The company proposes to put the system in place in a phased manner starting early next month. The Maharatna company has 81 mining areas and produces around 81.1 percent of India’s overall coal production. According to experts the implementation of GPS will help in checking pilferage of coal during its movement from mine to the point of loading.
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